He plays Jacob (which incidentally proves a nice wink-wink for Twi-Hards), a Depression-era veterinary student who gets swept up in the colorful world of big-top circus tours and – we'll say it – swept off his feet by a star performer (Reese Witherspoon).

It's a role that fits R.Pattz comfortably – and one that inspired us to imagine what other literary adaptations the heartthrob could pull off.